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Technology Partnerships Office

News and Updates

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Looking Back at NIST Patents

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) at NIST communicates with the labs as they discover new technologies and works toward getting those inventions patented
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A Liaison into the Labs

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) is always working to find ways to better advance the TPO and NIST mission of transferring federal technologies from the
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A Recap of TMAP

The NIST-wide Technology Maturation Accelerator Program (TMAP) for 2021 has just occurred, bringing with it a variety of innovations to the forefront of the
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Looking into an Economic Analysis Brief

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) at NIST wanted to take an in-depth, analytical look into the geographic distribution of active NIST cooperative
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The Ins and Outs of a NIST Patent

Electron or X-Ray Beam Lithography in Liquids Description These days, the fabrication of 2D and 3D structures out of liquid, biocompatible, hydrogel solutions
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Getting to Know the PEER Prize Winners

The Bayh-Dole Act, passed in 1980, laid the groundwork for requiring increased reporting from the recipients of federal research and development funds. However
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Propelling Cyber Technologies Forward

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) hosted a webinar at this year’s CyberWeek festival revolving around getting the best cybersecurity technologies to the
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Focused on the Future of Manufacturing

The Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) at NIST attended and hosted three webinars at this year’s CyberWeek festival, which virtually brought together the
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Taking an Innovation from Lab to Market

One of the primary goals of the Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) is to help transfer technologies from the NIST labs to the market to benefit the public and